Managing software project risks with the chi-square (X2) technique

• Main Authors: Khanfar, Khalid, Elzamly, Abed, Al-Ahmad, Walid, El-Qawasmeh, Eyas, Alsamara, Khalid, Abuleil, Saleem
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: T Technology (General); Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/12050/1/artikel_jurnal006.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/12050/
• Institution: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

Regardless how much effort we put into software projects to make them succeed, many software projects have very high failure rate. The aim of this paper is to present a new technique by which we can study the impact of different control factors and different risk factors to determine software project risks. The new technique uses the chi-square test to control the risks in a software project. Fourteen risk factors and eighteen control factors were used in this paper. A group of managers was used in this study. Successful project risk management will greatly improve the probability of project success.